Mike Deasy’s racing column.
Another week, another shot across the bows of bookmakers from the Gambling Commission. This time it was triggered by Betway who have been offering a free £5 bet if customers posted a review on...
There has been disquiet for some time surrounding certain practices in the buying and selling of bloodstock. It is something with which the BHA has become concerned as, whilst it does not have the...
Fancy a bet on Dakota Gold to win the Ayr Gold Cup? You can if you like. He won the Listed 6f Garrowby Stakes at York, his fourth victory on the spin, quite pleasingly....
There’s nothing the Gaelic Athletic Association likes better than a drawn All-Ireland Final. It means a replay, and another 82,000 returning to Dublin’s Croke Park stumping up more money on admission, programmes and refreshments....
Ascot could lose over a third of its TV audience if it shuns free-to-view TV according to a Racing Hub poll on Twitter. The track faces a deadline from ITV on whether or not...
There was mixed reaction, to say the least, to the news that the Cheltenham Festival was to have a new race in 2021, a mares’ chase. And, significantly, it was going to replace one of...
Ascot needs a King George day rethink In the same way as Goodwood’s five-day meeting has, shall we say, a few duff races, the supporting card on King George day at Ascot has the...
As Brough Scott pointed out in his racing column in the Sunday Times, the past month has witnessed some great sporting weekends. And, with some of the best cricket, golf and tennis seen for...
Last week, these scribblings questioned the timing of the Levy Board providing £900,000 funding for sectional timing and tracking data to be installed at all British racecourses. Is now the right time to devote...
Look away now if you are a fan of sectional timing. This week the Levy Board said it would contribute £900,000 towards the operating costs of all British racecourses having live sectional timing and...
